01552cam a22002653a 4500 13430 PGUSA 20140828083305.0 040910s2004||||xxu|||||s|||||000 1 eng d PGUSA eng dc PS Bostwick, Arthur E. (Arthur Elmore), 1860-1942 A Librarian's Open Shelf : Essays on Various Subjects [electronic resource] / Arthur E. Bostwick Project Gutenberg, 2004 Do readers read? -- What makes people read? -- The passing of the possessive; a study of book titles -- Selective education -- The uses of fiction -- The value of association -- Modern educational methods -- Some economic features of libraries -- Simon Newcomb: America's foremost astronomer -- The companionship of books -- Atomic theories of energy -- The advertisement of ideas -- The public library, the public school, and the social center movement -- The systematization of violence -- The art of re-reading -- History and heredity -- What the flag stands for -- The people's share in the public library -- Some tendencies of American thought -- Drugs and the man -- How the community educates itself -- Clubwomen's reading -- Books for tired eyes -- The magic casement -- A word to believers. Public domain in the USA. Electronic text Libraries Education Books and reading Project Gutenberg 13430 http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/13430 EB 242685 242685 0 0 0 GTB GTB 2014-08-28 0 2014-08-28 00:00:00 2014-08-28 EB